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Top Irvine news: Woman pleads guilty in 'birth tourism' scheme; Valley Fever still a threat; more

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Published on September 18, 2019
Top Irvine news: Woman pleads guilty in 'birth tourism' scheme; Valley Fever still a threat; morePhoto: Bharathram Pattabhiraman/Flickr

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Orange County woman pleads guilty in 'birth tourism' scheme

A woman who ran a Southern California 'birth tourism' business that charged Chinese clients to help them give birth in the United States has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud.

Read the full story on NBC LA.

Valley Fever still coming soon because climate change 

Back in May, UC Irvine Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Kathleen Treseder presented a lecture to the public on how climate change is making much of the western United States — including Orange County — far more hospitable to dangerous fungal spores, like those that cause Valley Fever.

Read the full story on OC Weekly.

UC Irvine's Middle Earth housing opens two new towers days ahead of student move-in

A $130-million expansion of UCI's Middle Earth Towers student residency hall includes 170 units with double, triple or quadruple occupancy, multipurpose rooms and a 1,000-seat dining area.

Read the full story on Daily Pilot.

Hello Kitty to pop by Tanaka Farms one last time

Super-cute happenings'll festoon the opening day of the Irvine property's pumpkin patch.

Read the full story on NBC LA.


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